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Quick Hit acquires NFL license

r4dr3zr4dr3z Registered User regular
edited June 2010 in Games and Technology
Way to stick it to EA!!! Now I just wish Backbreaker would do the same.

http://espn.go.com/espn/thelife/videogames/blog/_/name/thegamer/id/5271581/quick-hit-acquires-nfl-license
When EA Sports and the NFL agreed to an exclusive video game license, everyone assumed it was game over for any other company attempting to make a football title.

Not so fast.

Not only has the free online coaching sim "Quick Hit Football" thrived, signing up over one million registered users in its first five months of open beta, but now it has done the unthinkable and signed a multi-year agreement with the NFL to feature the league's teams, logos, schedules, Super Bowl, and stadiums (the players and coaches are different licenses).

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  • SorensonSorenson Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    I see this having zero impact on EA in the long term, primarily because of this bit from Gamespot I came across while looking for other sources on this:
    Electronic Arts was the exclusive licenser of the NFL since 2004. EA's deal with the NFL encompasses PC and console games exclusively, thus allowing Quick Hit, a game residing solely on the Internet, to peacefully exist alongside EA's agreement with the NFL.
    So while this might attract the fantasy footballers and the other assorted types, the unwashed gaming hordes are still going to flock to EA for their NFL fix, and I'm sure EA's going to sue the shit out of someone for this, probably over just what a "PC game" encompasses since they've still got exclusivity to that.

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  • r4dr3zr4dr3z Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Sorenson wrote: »
    I see this having zero impact on EA in the long term, primarily because of this bit from Gamespot I came across while looking for other sources on this:
    Electronic Arts was the exclusive licenser of the NFL since 2004. EA's deal with the NFL encompasses PC and console games exclusively, thus allowing Quick Hit, a game residing solely on the Internet, to peacefully exist alongside EA's agreement with the NFL.
    So while this might attract the fantasy footballers and the other assorted types, the unwashed gaming hordes are still going to flock to EA for their NFL fix, and I'm sure EA's going to sue the shit out of someone for this, probably over just what a "PC game" encompasses since they've still got exclusivity to that.

    I wonder if a Mac game is considered the same as a PC game...

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  • GnomeTankGnomeTank What the what? Portland, OregonRegistered User regular
    edited June 2010
    EA won't mess with the NFL too much on this. EA knows their weight class, and it's not NFL-esque. Not if they want to make a new Madden game past the end of their current contract.

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  • RakaiRakai Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    Clarifying that Quick Hit's deal does not violate EA Sports' exclusivity agreement with the NFL, an EA representative told Joystiq that "the exclusivity agreements we have with the NFL and NFLPA have always been specific to football simulations on video game consoles."

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited June 2010
    EA likely doesn't give a shit, and I don't see it hurting their business. Still, it's nice to see the contract had its boundaries.

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